Minister of Information Is Ill-informed About Nollywood
Feb 6th, 2010 by Peter D. Marshall
This article is from NGR Guardian News.
VICTOR Okhai is an independent producer and one of the few intellectuals in Nollywood, who feels saddened with the failings of the movie industry. Yet he maintains a positive posture with the belief that Nollywood will soon get out its dark tunnel with the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers. However, he is embittered that government agencies saddled with keeping the industry alive have turned out its greatest enemy as they roll out unworkable and self-serving theories while ignoring the real problems of the industry.
But to cap it all, a recent utterance allegedly attributed to the Minister of Information and Communications that Nollywood is Nigeria’s problem didn’t go down well with him and others in the industry. He responded to this among other issues in this chat with ANOTE AJELUOROU.”
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